Source: livescience.com Published: November 17, 2016 BODIPY dye glows brightly under a black light. Credit: Douglas Levere By Jesse Emspak If the world one day sees a boom in electric cars and renewable energy, people will need more efficient batteries than are...
Source: seeker.com Published: November 1, 2016 Pavegen Floors, fabrics, sheets and bridges turn everyday human activities into power. By Alyssa Danigelis The low-power energy harvesting idea has teased us for years. Engineers and materials scientists looking at...
Source: independent.co.uk Published: October 19, 2016 Carbon dioxide is turned into ethanol ( Oak Ridge National Laboratory) ‘Carbon dioxide is a problem right now. If we can use it, then we’re preventing it from going into the atmosphere’ Ian Johnston Scientists have...
Source: motherboard.vice.com Published: October 11, 2016 Image: Wikimedia The kite-powered system could reduce the cost of offshore wind energy by about 50 percent. by Madison Margolin Kites are no longer just kids’ toys gliding in the wind. By 2025, they will...
Source: good.is Published: September 20, 2016 Image via Twitter. Behold the nanobattery. By Tod Perry There’s an old saying that luck happens when preparation meets opportunity. There’s no better example of that than a recent discovery at the University of California,...
Source: news.gatech.edu Published: September 13, 2016 A piece of fabric woven with special strands of material that harvest electricity from the sun and motion. By Josh Brown Fabrics that can generate electricity from physical movement have been in the works for a few...
Source: laweekly.com Published: August 1, 2016 Credit: alohavictoria/Flickr Dennis Romero Freeways inspire road rage, serve as giant trash receptacles and take us home, often very slowly. And now, a new statewide initiative means they could soon be generating some...
Source: greenbiz.com Published: August 4, 2016 Shutterstock By Lee Ann Head As crazy as it may seem to readers living in some parts of the country, kids start going back to school in a couple of weeks in much of the South. If you’re a parent, the words “back to...
Source: nbcsandiego.com Published: July 25, 2016 Elementary school students join the California Bear in educational assemblies to learn how they can conserve energy, plus enter to win great prizes The following content is created in consultation with Energy...
